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My name is Scott Weney, 2000 IHRA Funny Car World Champion, and President of the S&W Performance Group. Our company was founded by my father, Walter Weney, in 1959. Today, after 55 years of family and employee dedication, we are recognized as a leader in our industry. S&W brand products are proudly manufactured in Spring City, Pennsylvania- USA, where we build for past, present & future racing legends. In addition, we are recognized for our outstanding technical support service that is provided by our staff’s countless years of on-track racing experience and hands-on working knowledge. The goal of this blog is to communicate and interact with you directly on ideas, experiences, issues, and helpful articles.

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Everybody, and everything really, has a story. People, of
course, can articulate their individual stories through words either spoken or
written. Now, whether you care or not to hear that story is up to you. Some
folks are just more interesting than others, right? Well what about inanimate
things, like say, cars? Mustangs in particular. Mustang owners often times have
tales to spin, "I...

AS I GREW UP I WATCHED S & W GROW, FROM ONE SHOP TO ANOTHER. WALT WAS
AMAZING, WHEN I FIRST MET SCOTT, I DIDN'T REALLY " KNOW HIM " BUT AS THE YEARS
PASSED BY WATCHING HIM TURN PIPE IN TO BEST ENGINEERED CARS WAS AMAZING. WHEN HE
CAME OUT AND RAN SUPER GAS WITH US , I GOT TO KNOW HIM EVEN BETTER. WHEN EVER I
NEEDED SOMETHING HE WAS THERE. WE WERE AT ATCO, LEFT LANE, HE L/F TRI-POD...

I
don't even know where to start----I always ended our conversations with a
"thanks, Scott" but never dreamed I wouldn't have the chance to really, really
thank him & tell him just how much I truly did want him to know how much I
appreciated his advice & time. Never once did Scott fail to answer my
questions, even if he had to "check it out" & give me a return call....

I had purchased a S&W dragster, and over
the first couple years, had some questions and needed a few parts. I have always
gotten terrific service and advice, and was suprised the one time, when I was
asking about kingpins and tie rods, to get a reply from Scott as to how S&W
can help. Last spring, I was having some powertrain alignment troubles, and
wrote for advice on where to start...

It will be
fun, he said.Back in the summer, I was at S&W
for one reason or another and Scott called me into his office. He said "You've
always had a lot to say, how about writing a blog for our website?"I asked, "what do you want me to write
about?" "It doesn't matter," said Scott.
"Write about living in Florida,
or being retired, or racing with Kevin.It doesn't matter. It will be...